Email: 
Password: 
Register
Menu ▼
Home Local News Special Report Up Close Regular Features Commentary Cartoon Contact Location
Local News Special Report Up Close Regular Features eEdition Special Publications  
Featured Stories:  
Casual comeback for Spokane's formal wear            |            Meridian submits low bid on SCC building addition            |            New Zip's restaurant being built along Trent in Spokane Valley            |            Arc of Spokane expands holdings east of downtown            |            Caterpillar distribution center clicks into high gear            |            Event planner, tour operator join forces            |            Charities here plan $26 million Airway Heights project            |            Small Business Watch            |            N&N Excavation low bidder on Euclid water line work            |            Sharing gilded Lillie's            |            Five Best Westerns across U.S. shift to Magnuson Hotels brand            |            Roughly $25 million in construction planned at River Run            |            Altek ramps up automation program at Liberty Lake site            |            Liberty Lake surveillance product maker OpenEye fill big national contract            |            Spokane mulls food truck regulations            |            Quantifying Spokane's quality of life            More growth in Pullman -Art only            |            Cheaper U.S. energy said helping manufacturers compete            |            Manufacturing job gains lag targeted pace, group says            |            UI team cuts defects at buck knives            |            Conveyor maker here views acquisition as springboard            |            Freight manager here rolls toward double-digit growth            |            Manufacturer index shows large gains            Architects West sees rise in skill center design work            |            Engineers aim to develop more cost-efficient solar panels            |            Design-build competitions rise            |            Engineering researchers devise blackout preventer            |            Architects, entrepreneurs develop 'upcycled' roofing            |            Civil engineers tout biofuel byproducts use in concrete            |            Engineers test tall concrete towers for wind turbines            |            Architecture billings move up steadily            |            North Idaho engineering concern grows welding school           
Special Report - Real Estate & Construction - July 05, 2012
Bank touts home ownership via employer-aided program
Incentives together can help make mortgages pencil out for workforce

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

Seattle-based residential lender HomeStreet Inc. has brought a program here that's aimed at making homeownership more accessible to workforces of participating employers by reducing mortgage-related costs and fees, says Andy Slipper, Spokane-area manager for the bank's Affinity lending division.

The bank's Hometown Home Loan Program also is working with Spokane-based nonprofit Community Frameworks, which provides access to down-payment assistance and financial education.


Article Options:
Purchase Full Article - $1.50   |   Subscribe Online   |   Current Subscribers: Login


If you are a subscriber or have purchased this article, please login to view this article in it's entirety.

Subscribers have access to articles up to one year old. Purchased articles can be accessed in your account for 30 days.

Have questions or comments about this article?